Yeah, sure that plush Borrelia burgdorferi (the bacterium that causes Lyme disease) is playfully cuddling the plush penicillin now. But can their friendship last?

(Actually, in light of the fact that penicillin inhibits transpeptidase in gram-positive bacrteria, and of the fact that Borrelia burgdorferi is gram-negative, maybe those two love-sick kids can make it work.)

Uttered by Dr. Free-Ride’s better half upon extracting the plush penicillin from the Christmas stocking: “I’m going to have to keep that away from my syphilis!”

We are geek parents. PharmKid not only received but actively asked for plush Epstein-Barr Virus (the kissing-disease virion has lengthy, full eyelashes) and Saccharomyces cerevisiae because of the cute bud scars.

I learned from the tag that “enzyme” is derived from the Greek en zume, or “in yeast,” that refers to the power of the microorganism to create ethanol and CO2 from sugar.